Peanut Butter Cookie Time

Life continues to be volatile, crazy, and very busy with my first internship, 50 minute commute, plant-based lifestyle, and other shenanigans. When I get the opportunity to slow down and savor the moment, I am recognizing that it really is the the simple things (like peanut butter) in life that make it worthwhile. For those of you who eat peanut butter by the spoon (which is what I do on the daily to create some happy nutty vibes), these cookies will make your life a whole lot butter, I mean better! 😉 Plant-based and gluten-free…they are the perfect way to indulge in something sweet (guilt-free) especially with this cold weather we’ve been having in the PNW. My love language is baking something sweet for those I care about, so last week I made these for a special friend’s 21st birthday. woot woot!

Ingredients:

Wet

• 1 c of creamy organic peanut butter
• 1/4 c of non-dairy milk (I use macadamia nut milk: found it at SAFEWAY!)
• 1/2 c of vegan butter (I use earth balance, also found at SAFEWAY)
• 1/2 c of powdered sugar (blends better than granulated white sugar)
• 1/2 c of brown sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla

Dry

• 1.5 c of GF flour
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 c of Enjoy Life chocolate chip morsels

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix peanut butter and butter together first. Then add the rest of the wet ingredients and mix until creamy. Follow with adding dry ingredients until mixture becomes dough-like. Mix in chocolate chips and chill dough for 10 minutes. I use a mini ice-cream scooper to form equal size cookies (approx 1-1.5 Tablespoons), then I roll them into balls and place evenly spaced a cookie sheet (I do 3×4 for 12 cookies per sheet). Then take a fork to press them flat in a criss cross design. Bake in oven for 8-10 minutes.

Feel free to cozy these cookies up to some coffee, hot chocolate, or tea!
(My go to is earl grey!)

I am nuts about these cookies and I hope you will be too!

❤ D

P.S: Stay tuned for my upcoming Plant-Based Thanksgiving Dishes that I can’t wait to try! yeee!